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Rural/Remote Sponsorship Pathway

A full funded place in the Cross Culture, Cross Oceans Connection program for an Aboriginal young person aged 22-30 living in remote or rural community. 

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For the past four years, Youth-Led Services has delivered the Cross-Culture, Cross-Oceans Gathering to create opportunities for people across Australia to travel, learn, and connect directly with Māori communities in Aotearoa.

This program is grounded in cultural respect, lived experience, and meaningful exchange — not tourism — and focuses on strengthening identity, leadership, and community connection.

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Inclusions: 

  • Return flights to New Zealand

  • Accommodation for the full program

  • Majority of meals

  • All cultural program activities

  • Travel and cultural support from Be One Collective / YLS staff

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Participants Responsibilities: 

  • Personal spending money

  • Passport costs (if required)

  • Any medical or travel items they need

Deep Cultural Connection & Identity Strengthening

Participants engage in authentic cultural exchange with Māori communities, strengthening their own Aboriginal identity, cultural pride, and sense of belonging through lived experience, ceremony, storytelling and community practice.

Leadership, Confidence & Life Skills Development

The journey builds emotional regulation, communication, teamwork, resilience, cultural protocol awareness, and independent living skills, supporting participants to grow into confident leaders in their families and communities.

Safe, Structured & Supported Learning Environment

YLS provides culturally safe facilitation, strong duty of care, trauma-informed practice, and consistent mentoring before, during and after travel, ensuring participant wellbeing and success.

Long-Term Community & Career Pathways

Participants return with new networks, role models, and pathways to support their employment, training, community leadership and ongoing cultural engagement across Australia and Aotearoa.

Is this community remote or rural?
Remote
Rural
Other
Are you Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Yes
No (not eligible)
Do you have a cultural Elder or Mentor you yarn with?
Yes
No
Do you have a valid passport?
Yes
No
Have you travelled interstate or overseas before?
Yes
No
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Youth-Led Services acknowledges the traditional First Nations people of this country. We pay respects to the Traditional Owners of all the lands we travel through. We hold heart for the injustices to Country through invasion and understand that the trauma is embedded into the depth of the spirits. We also acknowledge the resilience and strength of First Nation peoples show true warrior spirit. 

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First Nations people have worked and walked in two worlds successful for centuries, and have been able to maintain cultural practices through cultural genocide and provide support and leaning for our non-Indigenous peoples in Australia. We extend our acknowledgement to First Peoples around the world, holding space in our hearts for the injustices of invasion that have been experienced by many of our Indigenous brothers and sisters. 

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We have heart, spirit and ancestors that guide us through our journey, we will walk this path remembering the footprints before us and creating space for the ones that will walk after us. 


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CONTACT

Phone: 0410 507 505 
Email: admin@youthledservices.com
Address: Dromana Road,
Marsden Park NSW 2765

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